I'll be speaking at the Philly Emerging Technologies conference taking place on April 11th and 12th. The title of the talk is "Kanban, Lean, and Large-Scale Agile." Here's the blurb:

Agile methods work beautifully for a single team. But what do you do when you have multiple, interdependent teams, all working on a single product or product suite? How can Agile scale without losing sight of its core principles? In this session, we'll examine how to apply Lean and Agile principles to the problems of large-scale Agile. We'll combine a pinch of theory, a dash of experience, and a heaping helping of crazy ideas to give you something to try on your large-scale projects.

Diana Larsen and I are partnering with Cyrus Innovation to deliver our acclaimed "Art of Agile" training course in New York City from April 23rd to 27th. There's also an option to attend just the planning or delivery section of the course if your schedule doesn't permit you to attend a full week. For details and registration, visit the Art of Agile NYC web site.

The Portland Agile user group, AgilePDX, holds a formal session on the third Wednesday of every month. Sometimes it's a speaker, sometimes it's a workshop, and sometimes it's just different. If you're in the Portland area and interested in Agile, you should come by. I attend as often as my schedule permits.

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I work with people who want to be great. People who are willing to take risks, rock the boat, and change their environment to maximize their productivity, throughput, and value. If that's you—particularly if you're in a product-focused, entrepreneurial environment—I want to hear from you. We can do great things together.

James Shore is a thought leader in the Agile software development community. He helps development teams worldwide achieve high throughput, market focus, shrinking costs, and joyful work. James is the co-author of The Art of Agile Development (O'Reilly, 2007). You can find more of his writing on his Art of Agile blog at http://jamesshore.com.